Wetting and wringing machine for box-toe doublers in shoes



E. C. KANE.

WETTING AND WRING ING MACHINE FOR BOX TOE DOUBLERS IN SHOES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1920.

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INVENTOR I ATTORNEY EDWARD C. KANE, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

Application filed February 9, 1920. Serial No. 357,414.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it lrnown that I, EDWARD C. KANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVetting and IVringing Machines for Box-Toe Doublers in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n wetting and wringing machines or dipping and wringing machines for box toe re1n forcements or doublers; for ladies shoes; and it has for its object a simple effective, portable and adjustable dipping and wringing machine which will permit the complete saturating of the materials, and wringing out the same, without the necessity of the operator, placing his hands in the liquid contents of the vat. IVith these objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1, is a front perspective view of my device.

Fig. 2, is a side View, partly in cross section, of my device.

Fig. 3, is a side view partly in cross section, of a modified form of my device.

Fig. l, is a side view in perspective, of my device.

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a vat A, having the required liquid constituents therein for properly saturating the material. Within the vat A I place my combined wringer and belt conveyor, comprising a frame provided with the base B having mounted thereon the parallel standards, U, U, and between which at the top are mounted the belt wringer rollers, 2, 3, having the usual wringing machine spring adjustment, between them, and governed by the set screws 7, 7 mounted in the upper end of each standard; each of the standards C, C is bisected by a space, having mounted therein the parallel wedges 8, 8; on the outer face of each standard C, I have the slotted side braces 9, 9 mounted thereon, while firmly mounted on the lower section, have sliding contact with the upper section C C which it holds in alinement with the lower section by means of the bolt and thumb. screw, mounted in C and passing through slot 10; the purpose of the bisected standards C, C and the slotted braces 9, 9 being to make the standards G, C adjustable as to length, for the purpose of adjusting the tension of the conveyor belts, on said rollers. I elect however to have any other form of adjustment of the tension of the belts which I may choose. Mounted horizontally along or on base B, I have the rollers l, 5 and 6; over rollers 3 and 5 I have the conveyor belt 11; and passing over rollers & and 5 and over belt 11 on roller 5, then over belt 11 on roller 3, and thence around roller 2 to and around roller 6, I have belt 12; rollers 2 and 3 are geared together by means of gears 13 and 1a; roller 3 having mounted on its shaft the pulley 15 from or by which, the power is applied. The wringer standards 0, (land base B are positioned in the vat or receptacle A, into which the liquid bath E, is poured to a depth, sufficient to prop erly submerge the rollers 4c, 5 and 6 together with the belt conveyors 11 and 12, as they pass over said rollers. Horizontally positioned and mounted on standards C, C

and opposite pulley 3, I have a receiving leaf or table F. The direction of the movement of the revolving rollers and moving conveyor belts, is indicated by the pointing curved arrows, as marked upon the rollers. In a modified form of my device, I have a roller frame having the base 13 and the rollers 16, 17, 1S and 19, with the one conveyor belt 20 mounted thereon. The base B and standard being placed in vat A as before. For the purpose of stabilizing the standard 0 and base B within the vat A and holding the same firm, in position for use, I have the adjustable guy rods 21, 21, the lower ends of which are'fastened in any convenient manner to the floor or other surface on which the vat A is placed; and the upper ends being removably connected or attached to the standards C, C in any convenient manner. In the operation of my device, I gather together a quantity of doublers in layers, several together, and I feed bunches of them upon the conveyor belt within the bath or liquid and thence carried, at the point indicated by the arrow, they are drawn between belt 11 and 12 passing around roller 5 and thence carried by friction between the two belts up and through liquid E and between rollers 2 and 3 and thence out upon table F as indicated in Fig. 2; the material can be fed to the conveyer belts and passed around the rollers in bunches of varying thickness owing to the adjusted tension of the belts and the spring adjustment of the rollers 2 and 8, and the flexibilityof the belts 11 and 12; by this passage through the liquid and thence between the belting and the rollers, the material is properly saturated and wrung out ready for use. As fast as dropped on table F,the material is gathered up and placed in metal receptacles, for use in shoes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and for which I desire Iietters Patent is as follows: 1. In a dipping and wringing machine for box toe doublers, a portable vat, for emersing fluid or liquid therein; a portable frame removably mounted therein, having within it a series of rollers, some of which are partially emersed Within the liquid, but

2 of which are out of the liquid and have adjustable pressure between them; conveyor belts mounted on said rollers, having frictional contact with each other; means for adjusting the tension of said belts, a receiving platform mounted on said frame, means for continuous turning of said rollers and belts in a forward movement, and adjust able removable means connected with the frame for stabilizing the roller frame within the vat.

2. In. a dipping and wringing machine for box toe doublers the combination with a liquid holding tank of means for guiding, as well as receiving layers of material or fabric through said liquid and to raise said fabric clear of the liquid andto direct and pass it through the pressure contact of squeezing rollers, and thence upon a platform to recelve the same; said means including aframe, wringer rollers at the top of the frame and belt rollers at the bottom of the frame within the tank, a pair of belts passing over the wringer rollers in the top of the frame and over the belt rollers in the bottom of the frame and arranged with 3. In a clipping and wringing machine for box toe doublers the combination with a liquid holding tank, of meanshaving a continuous forward movement for gradually receiving and passing the layers of the fabric through said liquid in the tank, and to raise it from said liquid and direct and pass it through between the pressure of squeezing rollers, and thence upon a receiving platform, said means including a frame, wringer rollers ,at' the top of the frame and belt rollers at the bottom of the frame within the tank, a pair of belts passing over the wringer rollers in the top of the frame and over the belt rollers in the bottom of the frame and arranged with parallel upwardly running portions for feeding fabric between the wringer rollers and means to ad ust the tension of the'can rier, and means for adjustably holding-the run of said fabric carrier receiving and supporting the stock and adapted to pass the same through the liquid in the tank, means for imparting a continuous forward movement of the fabric carrier, and to lift the fabric free of the liquid, thence pass the fabric through the squeezing pressure of adjustable rollers, and thence drop it upon a receiving platform, mounted on the carrier frame, means for adjusting'the tension of the carrier and means for holding the carrier frame within the liquid vat.

5. In a dipping and wringing machine for box toe doublers a tank for liquid there in, wringer rolls disposed -at the upper end of the frame, an endless stock carrier mounted in the frame, the carrier being constructed and arranged to receive the stock and pass it through the liquid in the tank, raise it from the liquid and direct it between the wringer rollers, means for adjusting the tension of the carrier and adjustable and removable means for holding said carrier in the tank. I

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

EDWARD C. KANE. 

